Question

Solve for a in the proportion.

5/1=a/4

a=__

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

4

Answer 2

wrong

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

My apologies for the error. Let's solve for a correctly:

5/1 = a/4

To solve for a, we can cross multiply:

5 * 4 = 1 * a
20 = a

Therefore, a = 20.